Suhbah 2015: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (10/30)
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my to Musa, alaihi salam. He turned some element into gold and wrote the Torah. Qarun was a poor man with children and he was a good person. He was praying day and night, fasting, worshipping, doing everything he could. Praying until morning and the children were nearly dying of hunger. Musa, alaihi salam felt upset at this as nothing seemed bad. He was truly a good person.
Musa, alaihi salam then thought as he was such a good man, his children should be in comfort. So he taught him alchemy. When Qarun learned it, he started making money. As the money increased, he forgot the main target, he fell for the tool. He forgot the target and ran after money. He collected so much money that it took 70 camels just to carry the keys of his treasures. He had one thousand guards with golden swords, a thousand men and a thousand women. His richness could not be imagined. He was the richest person of all times in this world. Since Allah created Adam, alaihi salam there has been no man richer than him.
Musa, alaihi salam told him to give zakat for his wealth. First he thought about it, then he decided it's not possible and told Musa, alaihi salam, he would give it, because if he said no, he would fall in the eyes of his nation. Allah Azza wa Jalla is showing something in Qur'an. Some people with a weak ego would wish they had been as rich as Qarun. Though Musa, alaihi salam spoke to Qarun, he objected, saying he had made everything from his science, collecting so much money. He said "Why should I give zakat?" Musa, alaihi salam was a majestic prophet, he became angry at Qarun.
Qarun realised that because he wouldn't give up he would make a trap to belittle Musa alaihi salam in front of people so that he may be released from the word he had given. He went to a prostitute and offered to pay her if she claimed that Musa alaihi salam had committed adultery with her. He gave her so much money that the woman agreed. She was doing everything for money anyway. Musa, alaihi salam, was giving a sohba, majestically making a khutba to his nation, telling them not to rob, not to kill, not to commit adultery etc. and that, there is big punishment for adultery. Qarun got up and asked if it applied to him as well. He said, "If I do it, I will be punished too". Qarun said, "There is
a woman here who claims you committed adultery with her. Stand up, woman, confess". Allah Azza wa Jalla certainly protects His Prophet. The woman got up and said, "This man paid me so much money so I may accuse you. He's lying. Musa, alaihi salam is clean. He didn't do anything. This is the liar". Musa, alaihi salam struck his stick from anger, and the earth split open taking half of the people down. He begged repentance but Musa alaihi salam didn't listen, in his majesty, he struck again. The earth swallowed him up with all his people.
All his money and wealth went under the ground as well. Sheikh Efendi said that it is still sinking. All his treasure is going deeper and deeper. Therefore, some people say they're looking for Qarun's treasure. There's nothing like this. They won't find it. This is a big example for people that this man could live million years with that treasure. But as we said, despite seeing so many miracles in his short life, he was defeated and destroyed by his ego. His money brought him no benefit.
There are thousands of stories like this. People listen but most of them don't take a lesson from it. Insha'Allah, may we be the ones who take a lesson in order to not forget our true target. The target is to reach Allah. You still live, rich or poor. Allah gives provisions to everyone. Nobody dies while his provision is appointed. If a man dies of hunger, then his rizq has finished, that much was written for him. He dies of hunger. And no one lives longer by eating more. One can die from overeating as well.
Allah Azza wa Jalla said to Musa, alaihi salam, "O Musa, this man asked for mercy from you and you didn't accept it. He asked 4 times. If he asked Me sincerely once, I would forgive him". There is big wisdom there. That person has forgotten Allah even in that position. Whether he was tricking for himself to be rescued, or something else, he forgot Allah. Even with a trick, Allah is merciful. He would accept and forgive. No one has the mercy Allah has. The Mercy of Allah is huge and endless. No matter how much you sin and make mistakes, Allah will forgive. It is good news. If Allah was merciful to the nation of Musa, alaihi salam, He could be a thousand times more to the nation of our Prophet. During ancient times, in times of Musa, alaihi salam, if
someone did wrong, Allah's anger would cover the whole village. Now if a whole village does wrong and one man does right, everyone will be forgiven and shown mercy for his honor. At least, blessings won't stop in this world. Therefore, we see Jewish people now, wherever they go, they stick to their religion, but ours, not so much. They treat it very carefully because then Allah had ordered so to Musa, alaihi salam and they follow him ever since.
However they're still forgetting the main thing that Musa, alaihi salam had said about our Prophet. They didn't accept him because he wasn't from them. They came up to Madina so that he would be one of them. Even then he didn't and they didn't accept. Of course, some accepted. But the main majority didn't accept. They had the greatest scholar Ka'ab al-Ahbar. When he became Muslim, he said "When they come to our Prophet, ask them about me, what kind of person I am. Then after they speak about me, tell them I became Muslim."
So they came to speak and the talk reached this Sahaba. When asked about him, they said he was one of their greatest scholars. His fathers and grandfathers were from very good people. They described him so well, then our Prophet said "You described him as a good man. If he believes in me, will you believe too?" They said it was impossible and started swearing at this man. They accept truth as they like. They don't accept the real truth. They have made a picture and they follow it. They follow their ego. It is a virtue to accept the truth. May Allah make us among those accepting the truth and truthfulness, insha’Allah. May Allah be pleased with you.
Wa min Allahi tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
62.DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY Thursday, March 19, 2015.
As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim. Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. As-salatu wa s-salamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidi l-awwalina wa l-akhirin. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi RasulAllah, madad ya Mashaykhina, dastur. Madad ya Mawlana Sheikh Abdullah Faiz Dagestani, madad ya Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani, dastur, madad.
Allah Azza wa Jalla wishes goodness for people but shaitan doesn't wish goodness, he wishes badness and evil for people. Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim. Bismillahi r-Rahmani r- Rahim: Qul bifadli Allahi wa birahmatihi fabidhalika falyafrahu huwa khayrun mimma yajmauna (10:58).
With the Grace and Mercy of Allah, Allah Azza wa Jalla says to rejoice, be reassured, this is better than everything you collected from possessions of dunya. Allah is ordering us to be reassured, to not be sad. Why are you being sad? Allah's Grace and Mercy are upon you. He brought you to this way therefore, no need to be sad. Be always happy, be joyful. Allah Azza wa Jalla has given the biggest favour. His Grace and Mercy are not meant to be given to everyone because who is brought to the right way has entered the right way by Allah's Grace. Then it is said in the same surah, in Surah Yunus: Ala inna awliya Allahi la khawfun alayhim wala hum yahzanuna (10:62). Alladhina amanu wakanu yattaquna (10:63).
Saints of Allah meaning, the beloved servants of Allah have neither fear, nor sadness. They have no sorrow. Why? Because they fear only Allah and they avoid badness. Such a person won't fear anything because he knows what to fear. There is a Day of Judgment, Day of Qiyama. There is facing Allah. If one has to face after doing badness then he will be afraid. But when he is as Allah says, he becomes of the beloved people of Allah, of saints. Not necessarily to show miracles or to manifest, just to do what Allah says and you'll be a beloved servant of Allah.
You will have deserved Allah's Mercy. You will be in comfort both in dunya and in akhira. Allah Azza wa Jalla does not say be sorrowful in dunya. Be happy, because you have the biggest favour. Whatever happens, despite trouble, poverty, famine or drought, Allah Azza wa Jalla says be happy, be reassured and do not be sad. His Grace and Mercy are upon you. When someone obeys this order of Allah, indeed he becomes relieved and nothing can affect him. Ninetynine percent of this world is sad. They are always in sorrow.
Allah Azza wa Jalla says to not fall into worry and sadness. Be relieved that you are on this way, be always in ease. He is giving the good news. Allah Azza wa Jalla, what is His order? What He wants? He wants people to be happy. He said He is Generous and His order, gift : Be happy.
Qul bifadli Allahi wa birahmatihi fabidhalika falyafrahu (10:58) Be happy with this. Don't be sad, don't be anxious, don't be in darkness. No, Allah He is showing people and ordering people to be happy. But how? Follow His order. When you follow His order, you'll be happy. And the other ayah also in this same, Surah Yunus: Ala inna awliya allahi la khawfun alayhim wa la hum yahzanuna (10:62) Alladhina amanu wa kanu yattaquna (10:63).
These awliyaullah, the beloved servants of Allah they don't have any fear and no sadness for them. Why? Because they're believers and they are afraid to do wrong things. Not afraid from Allah, afraid to do wrong thing. They are ashamed to do anything against Allah and they're afraid to be in wrong way. They don't have any sadness, any fear. This is Allah's order, it is a shortcut. Don't be sad He said. Don't be anxious for your life, for "how I can do this, how I can do that?" No need to be worried. Don't worry, be happy. This is order of Allah.
Only do what He is telling you. After this there will be no sadness in your heart because sadness, when you do wrong thing becoming one point of black, as you do another one, another point, until it will be all completely black and you'll be in dark mood, You see everything bad, you see everybody bad, and you'll feel yourself in prison. No, Allah showing us all best way to do.
Who is cheating people? Shaytan and his followers, they're cheating them and they're all the time worried, they're angry with people, angry with government, they're angry with religion, they're angry with family. This is shaytan teaching. Allah is not teaching this, Allah ordering to be good with everybody, and to be specially good with Allah and to follow His orders. And after this you will be happy.
Wa min Allahi at-tawfiq, Al Fatiha.
63.FOR NABIL Friday, March 20, 2015. As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Audhu Billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim.
Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. As-salatu wa s-salamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidi l-awwalina wa l-akhirin.
We have a word to say, a good one; all of us are creatures of Allah, we are under Allah's command. When He orders you to come, you will go. There is no other way. But before this order comes what's important is how you live. How happy is our brother Nabil that he left everything, came to Sheikh Efendi and served for 15 years. He gave such service that there was no tiredness. Whatever the pain, he served with love and joy. This is important. He did it for Allah. He left dunya although his father sent him to America and other places in order to follow dunya, become a big man. They sent him here and there to become an engineer, an architect. But Allah favoured this servant. He did what none of us could do. He served Sheikh Efendi 24 hours, without leaving his side. Many people say: qurb-u sultan nar-i suzan. Standing near Sultan is like burning in fire. The closer you are, the more difficult and painful it is. Don't think that this man enjoyed himself here. He tolerated everything. We're witnesses, indeed. He had good manners and was patient against all the pain.
He even went to people who did wrong, persuading them, saying, "What's your problem? We are brothers, we shouldn't be like this". Nevertheless, the closer to Sultan, the more difficult it is. And it is a habit among brothers. Not only in our tariqa, in all tariqas, there is jealousy. Adding this too, 15 years he just saw this light and taste and didn't care about anything. Last night, he passed away, on Juma night right at tahajjud time. He passed away at the best time. He is buried in the best place after Juma prayer. Thousands of people made his janaza and wished him Mercy from Allah. There can't be anything better and greater than this.
Therefore, it is not important whether we are young or old. Important is that we have a good ending. If you live 1,000 or 50 years your ending should be good, it's useless even if you live 1,000 years and your end is bad. Live 50 years, be a beloved servant of Allah. They will meet you there. Your Sultan will meet you. This is the best thing. Sultan didn't
leave him, he took him by his side. May Allah increase his maqam and show him mercy. He was our brother for eternity. Insha'Allah, this separation is not forever. We will meet again with Allah's permission in Paradise, insha'Allah all together.
May Allah give long life to all of you, insha'Allah. This is a good example, think about it. Same thing is said in ayat, every ego will die. There is no person who won't die. Everybody will die and taste death, dhaiqatu l-mawt. Everyone will taste death but the most important thing is that the life of this world is entertainment. Who gains his afterlife gains a lot. Allah Azza wa Jalla says it is the biggest benefit. As long as he took it. May Allah give patience to his family. His mother must be a good woman to have raised such a person. May Allah give patience to that lady. May her reward be high insha'Allah.
Talking good about the deceased brings sawab. Our Prophet forbade speaking bad about the deceased. Who doesn't carry out the order of our Prophet commits a sin. Therefore, shukr to Allah, today we make both good witnessing and Juma. And our Prophet in the hadith says: who passes away on Juma goes without being questioned. Same with the one buried on Juma. He died on Friday and we are his witnesses, as we were together in our last trip. We were always together. He prayed 5 times and night prayers and was a perfect mumin, Muslim. May he rest in peace.
Today we are sad but what we will do? It is order of Allah. Allah says, we are belonging to Him, we are not belonging to us. And He is Creator and He do what He likes to do. You cannot say "no, I don't like what You do." No, Allah says when He wants you to come back from where He sent you, He take you. He is not looking for old, for young, for beautiful, for ugly, no. Only say, ayatu l-karima: inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji`una (2:156). This is a very good summary for our life. But we forget this. Only when somebody dies, we remember, "Oh, he went." No, we are believers and we are accepting. We are accepting this we are not objecting for what Allah wants. Only we are, "aslim taslam". Only, we accept. We cannot do anything else. Alhamdulillah, our brother Nabil, he was the end of his life, 15 years or before also, he was good,
but the last 15 years he was with Mawlana. Day and night, he is in his service, he is helping and he left everything from this dunya, this world.
He was, Alhamdulillah good educated in America and high architect. But he left everything, only here. The best of his life he said, it is here, but of course when you are near Sultan, it is not easy. Because near Sultan "nar-i suzan" they say, meaning, it is like fire. As you are coming near him, he burn you. Many people they cannot carry this. Many of them they left, many of them they're not doing good things. But he was patient for everything, and only what he taste, the sweetness of being with awliya' Allah, with saints, with inheritor of Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam and nothing affect him.
64.NIGHT’S DARKEST TIME Monday, March 23, 2015. As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Audhu Billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim. Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. As-salatu wa s-salamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidi l-awwalina
wa l-akhirin. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi RasulAllah, madad ya Mashayikhina, Mawlana Sheikh Abdullah Daghestani, Mawlana Sheikh Nazim al-Haqqani, dastur. Tariqatuna as-sohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyyah.
Allah Azza wa Jalla is managing us as He wishes. With His power, He can take and bring you wherever He wants even though you don't want it. Unexpected things can happen. Allah is Qadir. Qadir is Possessor of Power. And we, human beings are weak servants. We can't do anything. May Allah direct us to a right way. May He make us meet good people. At an unexpected time we went to the country of deceased Nabil Efendi. Egypt is a holy place. He wanted to take us there very much during his life, but he couldn't. It happened at his death. May Allah increase his maqam insha'Allah. As in dunya, he will be next to his Sheikh in akhira with Allah's permission. That holy place was praised by our Prophet: Fustat al-Mu'mineen.
There are big maqams there. The biggest maqam, Husain Efendi Hz's holy grave is over there. Maqam of our mother Zainab is also there. Many Sahaba are there; there are probably thousands of Sahaba. Then, many awliya and saints are there. They are guardians of that place now, just as they were during their lives. They say people became Wahabi or Salafi there, but as we always say, they are not many in number. They just make a lot of noise with their voices and because of the noise they appear more. After going there and seeing it with our own eyes, it's not possible to say these people are Wahabi and Salafi, they don't like tariqa and our Prophet. It's impossible. They are the guardians of that place. They are the guardians of all the Islamic world. Therefore, the first place shaitan and his followers bother with are the maqams and graves. Wherever there are graves, they destroy them. It's shaitan's soldiers who do this. Soldiers of Allah won't do that. Even here in Cyprus. They say it's not a place for Muslims, not a place for the Turkish, but Greeks and unbelievers didn't destroy our graves. Who destroys is a soldier of shaitan, who follows shaitan here. All Muslim graveyards, all places of the shaheed have title deeds. They destroyed them and left nothing. In Limassol, they built a park and casino right in front of us. They destroyed them in Magusa
and built a school and toilets on them. Beside the embassy in Lefkosa there was a cemetery as well. You can't find a stone there now. Not a stone was left, which was there for 400, 500 years and belonged to your ancestors, which is your title deed.
These Salafi people have the same mentality as the other ones. And the other ones are the same mentality, without religion and faith, who did this. You can't touch the grave of a Muslim. His body is same after death, as when alive. You cannot disrespect them. You should respect his bones, the earth and everything. What we see here suggests shaitan is modifying his soldiers, he is upgrading them. He is advancing with time so that more people are deceived. Same thing. Shukr to Allah, these awliya. They can destroy as many of their graves as they like, in the end Allah will avenge them against this shaitan and his soldiers. Therefore, these things we see are a good tiding for us. Don't fear. People are getting worried but no need to explain to everyone. Who does so is the non-Muslim soldier of shaitan. And the awliya are striking against them with the permission of Allah. Haqq will appear at last. All of them will be cleaned out by Mahdi alaihi salam, with Allah's permission. It is close. The darker the night gets, the closer the dawn. And now, the world's condition is such that the whole world is against Muslims. Especially, they are attacking ahl al-sunnah wa l-jama’a who are on the right way. Let them. The more they do, the closer it is, this help of Allah.
Two days we were in Egypt, because marhum Nabil, he like to take us, when he was in life, too much to Egypt. Also by his will, I think, we went there. This is Allah, He is doing everything, you don't know what will happen tomorrow. We are never thinking to go very near, maybe later, but it was some breaths we must breathe there, to meet people there, to eat to drink. All it was written by Allah. So, Alhamdulillah, we went and we saw this holy country, Egypt, Cairo. It is holy because of what? The land becomes holy with holy people. Without holy people it is nothing, but with holy people, because Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he was praising this area, but it is coming holy with these people. Especially the grandson of Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam, Sayyidina Hussain and also Sayyidatina Zainab, Nafisa al Tahira, and Imam Shafi' and Azhar Sharif. Thousands
of maqam in this city and it is baraka for people. Baraka and the guard for Islam, for real Islam.
Ahl as-sunnah wa-l jama'a, they were hearing from here, "there is trouble, these people are not doing good". Alhamdulillah nothing. And we were hearing for Salafi and Wahabi, I cannot believe they can be many people from these. They are a very few people but they are making big noise and disturbing people. And people thought they are too many people. No, it is not like this because baraka of these awliya, and Sahaba and Sayyidina al Hussain cannot allow for these people to be more because from more than thousand years, since 1,400 years and more, from first of Islam, they come to Egypt. They're continuing respecting for Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, his family and his Sahaba, his companions. And for awliya, for tariqa, they are like this since beginning of Islam
So now when these people are coming. They try to do something, but Alhamdulillah, they are not succeeding. And first thing for these people is why they are enemy for grave of awliya and Sahaba? Because they are soldiers of shaytan. First thing soldiers of shaytan are doing, they destroy these. You must respect body of Muslim after his death also. You cannot take and throw away. Even bone, you must put with respect in some place. This is order of Allah and Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam saying this in hadith. But these people are soldiers of shaytan.
And it was now soldiers of shaytan, his thinking to do, every time changing his soldiers. Before they were like communists, his soldiers they were destroying maqams and graves. Even here in Cyprus, shaytan’s soldiers were destroying all the graves of Ottomans, their ancestors. And in Limassol, when we were sitting in the house, there was one cemetery in front of us, they destroyed it and made it casino, park. And you see in Qutub Uthman, it was all a cemetery. And all big, big stone of Ottoman with turban, and writing in Ottoman. This is from 300 years, 200 years. It is like paper (title deeds) for you are here. And in Nicosia this big area for Embassy of Turkey and all this around it was huge cemetery. They are destroying this before 50 years, in time of, before Turkish coming, and who they are doing this? Not Greeks,
this is Turks of, like secular. They were soldiers of shaytan. Secular after communists. After, now Salafi they are doing this. And they're all not good people and in the end they'll be the losers. But Allah He is the winner and Muslim, mu'min they will win in the end. Now really, all world is against real Islam, and they are accusing them for things they are not doing and they are trying to finish them. But no, Alhamdulillah it must be like this for Sayyidina al Mahdi to come. Because when it's night's darkest time, it is the nearest time for daylight. When it was very dark, after quickly coming light. It will be like this insha'Allah. We are not worried, and we are believer, and we are respecting awliya, and we loving them and we love Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam his family, Ahl al Bayt and all Sahaba, insha'Allah. Allah, keep us in safe until Mahdi (as).
Wa min Allahi at-tawfiq, Al Fatiha.
65.HADITH LESSONS Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem, Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim Assalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Sayyidul Awwalin Walakhirin
Madad Ya Rasulullah, Mada Ya Ashab-e Rasulullah Madad Ya Mashayikihina, Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani. Dastur. Qala Rasulullah (SAW), Our Holy Prophet states in a Hadith Sharif: THE DAJJAL “The Dajjal will reach a community like you or better than you. Allah will never disgrace a Nation (Ummat) whose beginning is with me and whose end is with Isa (Jesus) son of Maryam (Mary).” The Dajjal will tour the whole world. The greatest discord (fitna) to hit Muslims is the discrod of the Dajjal. However, our Master (SAW) gives us glad tidings: a Nation whose beginning is with our Holy Prophet (SAW) and whose end is with Isa Alayhis Salam will never be disgraced, and no harm will come to it Allah willing. Isa Alayhis Salam will descend from heaven and he will reign. The days we are living now are very bad days. These are days opposed to Islam. But those who are following our Holy Prophet (SAW) are always in safety and are not in loss. Those who are in loss are the Dajjal or those following Shaitan.
GOING BACK TO ALLAH “You should recite the verse of ‘Going Back to Allah’ in everything (Inna Lillah wa Inna Ilayhi Rajiun.” We are Allah’s servants. Allah is our owner and we will return to Him. This applies to every calamity and everything. So it is alright, good to say this. Because we do not have control. Everything is in the hands of Allah. “Even in the case of a shoelace. Becasue this is also considered a pain.” It can be said even if the shoelace breaks. We are the servants of Allah and we do not have control. THE TRUE BELIEVER “The person who is full while one’s neighbour is hungry is not a true Believer (Mumin).” So the subject is the need to help your neighbour. In the past, there were places to spend the night while travelling where those in need would go [an Inn]. Now, the rich live in separate places and the poor cannot enter.
BLINDED FORESIGHT “The blind is not the one whose eye is blind, but the true blind is the one whose foresight (eye of the heart) is blind.” Blindness is a calamity of Allah. But there are such blind people who are pious. They are memorizers of Koran (Hafiz) and are committed to their religion. Yet those whose eyes are open but cannot see the truth, they are the blind. They are those whose eye of the heart is blind. THE TRUE BELIEVER “A Believer (Mumin) can never be a backbiter, one who damns, an immoral, or a foulmouth.” So a Mumin has good attributes. He is one who gets along with everybody. Even if he is harmed, he does not yell and scream, and does not damn. No matter how right you might be, it is not good to utter damning words. To avoid damning even the Shaitan, Shaykh Mawlana used to say, “May Allah give him what he deserves.” He used to say so to avoid damning even Shaitan. That is why a Mumin, a true Mumin, is gentle and good-tempered, and has good manners. He is not unmannered and does not utter fowl words. BENEVOLENCE AND VIRTUE “Benevolence and virtue is not in dressing well but in tranquility and dignity.” Some people dress well to impress and show off. Their external look might be good but you look inside and it is empty. Meaning they are worthless people. What is important is people’s inside and essence. Even if the clothes on a person are not good, a person can be dignified with one’s essence, not with one’s clothes. SPEAKING WELL “Speaking well is not through talking a lot.” Some people talk for hours. People are tired of their talk. They finally say, ‘That is enough!’ as they are fed up. “It is through distinguishing matters of what Allah and His Prophet loves.” So even if the person talks for a short time, it is better to explain things Allah loves and the Prophet loves, and keep it in people’s minds. “Incapacity of the tongue is not an incapacity. Real incapacity is not knowing the Truth.” It is not considered a big deal for a person to have difficulty speaking. But a person not recognizing Truth can talk well as much as they want. They are the real incapable ones as long as they do not recognize Truth.
JIHAD “Jihad is not through swinging a sword in the way of Allah.” Now, they claim Jihad and do irrelevant things. Jihad has its conditions. You cannot start going around here and there to kill people so you can make Jihad according to your own head. You have no right to inflict harm and loss. “True Jihad is realized through looking after your parents and your children, as such a person is considered in a Jihad.” Jihad is trying to make a lawful living, raising good people, and getting the blessing of the parents. Our Holy Prophet (SAW) says this is also considered Jihad. Now, many people deceive the young claiming Jihad. They do not understand a Jihad other than war. The order to wage Jihad came to our Holy Prophet 15 or 13 years later. This has its conditions too. You cannot do it according to your own head. “A person working to earn their living is also considered in Jihad.” The person who meets their own needs without begging for money from others is also considered in Jihad. GUIDANCE AND UNDERSTANDING “The Koran is not learnt by reciting and knowledge is not learnt by relating. Actually, the Koran is learnt through guidance and knowledge is learnt through understanding.” There are many who can recite and recite well. But if you look at their actions, they do completely irrelevant things. Speaking of knowledge, Mashallah there are many professors, doctors, and scholars. But knowledge is also through guidance and understanding (diraya). If Allah makes people come to guidance through verses of the Koran, then they will have given the Koran its due right. What is meant by diraya is knowledge that comes from the heart with understanding.
LA ILAHA ILLALLAH “Those who say, ‘La Ilaha Illallah,’ will never face loneliness in their graves, during resurrection, and during dispersion.” We place the person in the grave. We feel sad thinking we left them alone. No, it is not so. Our Holy Prophet (SAW) gives glad tidings: Those who say, ‘La Ilaha Illallah,’ are not alone. “It is as if I am seeing those who say, ‘La Ilaha Illallah.’” Of course our Holy Prophet (SAW) sees. “They have come out of their graves, shaking the dirt from their heads saying, ‘Praise belongs to Allah who has gotten rid of surrow from us.’” They
are praising Allah for standing without surrow as if nothing has happened. LA ILAHA ILLALLAH “Those who say, ‘La Ilaha Illallah,’ will not suffer loneliness in their graves.” Many people are scared thinking, “I will be left in the dark in the grave. I can do this and that. I will be left alone.” Our Holy Prophet (SAW) gives glad tidings that they will not experience difficulty and will not be lonely. “It is as if I am watching them. The earth is split, they are saying, ‘La Ilaha Illallah,’ and people are in darkness.” Other people are in darkness, surrow, and suffering, but they are rising saying , ‘La Ilaha Illallah.’
TRUE RICHNESS “Richness is not with richness of posessions, it is with richness of the heart (generosity).” You see many rich who run after posessions more than poor people, and who commit shamelessness more than shameless people. Their hearts are not rich. Their hearts are poor. The rich at heart do not condescend to anybody even if they have no money. They are the truely rich.
ZAKAT “Zakat does not apply to a Muslim’s slaves and horses.” They give zakat when they have other posessions. There was slavery in the past and it is no more now. But if they have horses, zakat does not apply to them.
THE TRUE DESTITUTE “The poor person is not the one you turn back with one or two morsels of food. The real poor is the one who is in need but is unable to ask
people with persistence.” It says
the in miskin) (taamil طَ´ ´َﺎ¸ﻟا ْﻜِ¸ْﻜ ۪ﻦﯿ '
Koran. The poor person is the one who does not ask even though they are in need. The others who ask are not considered poor. The meaning used in Turkish is the useless and lazy person. But the miskin used in the Hadith are Allah’s beloved servants. THE TRUE DESTITUTE “The poor person is not the one who tours people and turns away with
a bite or two, or one or two dates. The true poor is the person who cannot find, and is incapable of finding a solution so they may be given charity.” Meaning they do not want to expose themselves as poor. It does not even cross their mind. “They cannot start begging people.” They cannot reconcile it with their honor. The others are not the poor. Giving to these is actually a great virture. They need to be found and given charity.
THE TRULY STRONG “The person who overcomes others is not the strong.” Meaning they are not strong and powerful. A person who beats everybody is not considered a a strapping person. “The truly strong is the person who overcomes his ego when he gets mad.” The person who can control his ego and can control his anger: He is the true hero and the truly strapping. THE SUPERIOR PERSON “There is none higher in the sight of Allah than the Believer (Mumin) who spends their entire life in Islam saying, ‘Allahu Akbar, Alhamdulillah, Subhanallah, and La Ilaha Illallah.’” So it is useless if one lives a long life without accomplishing anything. But even if you live long like this, do not wish for death. Let us spend continuously in this way with takbirs, tahlils, and tasbihs until our last breath. May we become a beloved servant and a superior servant next to Allah, Inshallah.
TO BE AMAZED AT “It is not amazing for those who see me to believe.” It is not strange for those who see our Holy Prophet’s (SAW) holy light (nur) and believe. Those who saw him and did not believe in him have not seen his reality. Abu Jahls and Abu Lahabs have not seen his reality. That is why they did not believe. “It is to be amazed at people who see papers and...” What is meant by papers is the Holy Koran. “... believe in it from start to end without doubt and hesitation.” Meaning people who come after the Companions (Sahaba). Our Holy Prophet is praising them.
THE THRONE VERSE (AYAT AL-KURSI)
“Nothing daunts wild Jinns more than these verses (ayats) in Sura Baqara (The Cow).” There are bad jinns, and they bother people. “Two verses following, ‘Wa Ilahukum Ilahun Wahid.’” This verse and the one that follows.
THE FRAGRANCE OF A BELIEVER “There is nothing more pleasent than the fragrance of a Believer (Mumin). Their fragrance is even in the skies. Their fragrance is their works and the praise bestowed on them. Meaning the more works a Mumins has, the better fragrance they have. THE TONGUE “There is no organ that will be punished as harshly as the tongue.” So the organ that will suffer the most torment among the organs of mankind is the tongue. “The tongue will say, ‘O my Lord! You have inflicted a punishment on me that you have not inflicted on the body.’ Allah Taala will reply, ‘A word came out of you that reached East and West and caused blood to spill.’” Thousands and millions can be killed with one word of the tongure. Turmoil, discord and all of the kind is caused. That is why the tongue suffers the most punishment. “By My glory!” Allah Azza wa Jalla swears. “I will punish you with punishment I have not given to any other organ.” Everybody should watch their tongue, and should watch what they say. Do not lie, and do not cause discord. The tongue is the most dangerous organ.
EACH NEW DAY “There is not a single day that comes upon the son of Adam that a caller does not call...” When a new day comes about, Allah calls upon a caller. We cannot hear it, but the caller says it with the tongue of actions: “‘O son of Adam! I am a new creature.’” The day is also a creature. Allah creates days everyday. Some people think Allah (JJ) only creates the rock, the dirt, the animal, and the man. It is not so. Allah creates everything. Time is a creature, and the day is a creature. It says that day, “‘I am a new creature. I will be a witness over you tomorrow.’” So it says it will be a witness on the Day of Jugdment. It will be a witness to whatever you did today. “‘Do good today so I may be a witness for you tomorrow.’” Meaning it will be a witness for today. “‘If I pass by, you will never see me again.’” It will have passed.
How can you come by it?
“‘The night also says likewise.’” The day says so and the night says so. There is no way to find a second one to change your day. THE BEST AMONGST YOU “The best amongst you is not the one who leaves their world for their hereafter, nor the one who leaves their hereafter for their world. It is they who take the best of both worlds.” So do not completely leave the world and only work for the hereafter. You might leave the world for the hereafter, but do not leave the hereafter for the world. You need to handle both equally. “Because the world is what conveys the person to the hereafter and earns it. Do not be a burden on people.” If you do not work for the world, then you will be a burden on people. That is not good either. That is why our Holy Prophet (SAW) tells us to do both.
HADRAT YAHYA (JOHN THE BAPTIST) (AS) “There is none from the sons of Adam who has not made a mistake or made intention for it.” So however many sons of Adam there are, they have all made mistakes or made intention to do so (excluding our Holy Prophet). “Except for Yahya son of Zakariya.” He has not made a mistake.
ZIKIR “The people of paradise will not be sorry for anything except for times spent without the remembrance (zikr) of Allah.” There is no regret after entering paradise. They will not wish they had done more work, or done this or that. They will not do any of that. If they spent an hour without remembering Allah, they will wish they had not done so.
CALAMITY “A Believer (Mumin) is not complete in Iman (faith) unless they count calamity as a favor and comfort as a calamity.” Meaning they are not considered people of faith. You need to regard calamity as a favor and abundance as a calamity. Comfort certainly follows calamity: ˝ اﻜﺮ˚ِ usri ma’al Inna yusra. usri ma’al inna Fa ﻓ ﻟ´ ¸ ﻣ ن ﺎ´َ´ا ْ¸ﺮﻜِ˚َﻜ ِ˚اﻜﺮ ا˝ ﻣ ن ﺎ´َ´ا ْ¸ﺮﻜِ˚َﻜ yusra. (Sura Inshirah (Solace): 5-6) It syas in the Koran that kindness
and relief certainly comes after distress. “They asked, ‘How is this so O Prophet of Allah?!’ “Calamity definately follows prosperity and comfort.” People also forget Allah when they are too comfortable. Calamity comes for this reason too. This is the wisdom behind what our Holy Prophet (SAW) says. “Except for their state in prayer (namaz), a Mumin who is not in grief is not considered to have attained complete faith.” “‘Why O Prophet of Allah?’ they asked. “Because the person who is in prayer is in fervent prayer to their Lord. While the person who is outside of prayer only chats with the son of Adam.” Meaning people are in constant grief outside of prayer. But because they are with Allah in prayer, they are in comfort and not in surrow and grief.
Sadaqa Rasulullah fi ma qal, aw kama qal. For the souls of Haji Mustafa Turabi and our late Nabil Efendi, and for the souls of all of our ancestors:
Al-Fatiha.
66.DO NOT DO THINGS ACCORDING TO YOUR EGO Tuesday, March 24, 2015.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin wal Akhirin,
Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habi Rasulillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al- Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
A person, a Muslim should be as Allah and our Holy Prophet wants. People think it is good to do things according to their own head. They will have done harm trying to do good. Shaykh Efendi used to say, “Sometimes an offering is worse than a beating.” You are doing harm when trying to do good. That is why, look when doing something. Does it fit the orders of Allah? Does it fit the orders of our Holy Prophet? If you cannot think of that, you should look, “I wonder if this fits or does not fit into our customs?” Customs work. This nation has lived upon Islam for hundreds of years anyway. Most of our customs fit Islam. What is important is to fit those when we do something. There is no need to come up with ever new works and do unnecessary things on your own. If everybody came up with something new according to their head, it would be cahos all around, it would be utter disorder, and it would not be of good benefit. That is why you need to act, not according to your ego, but according to Allah. May Allah not deviate us from the right way. Life is short anyhow. If you do not do your deeds according to Islam, their response in the hereafter would be empty. Even if you do not intend something bad, nothing would come out of it in response. Meaning even if a sin is not written, it does not benefit a person. There are many people who try to stand out and be recognised by doing such things, but there is no need. Follow our customs, the orders of Allah, and the orders of our Holy Prophet.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
67.SAY THE TRUTH Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina
Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habi Rasulillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al- Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
Our Holy Prophet states: “The person who is asked a question is obliged to say the truth.” You need to tell the truth when asked a question. You need to say whatever the truth is, whatever Allah ordered, and whatever the Prophet (SAW) ordered. You need to tell the truth if you know the answer to what the person is inquiring about. [If] the man has asked you, he trusts you and wants the right way. You should tell him the truth. You should not avoid telling him for a certain benefit or because you are ashamed of somebody. You are responsible for it and you will be questioned about the answer. If the person asking you the question believes you, trusts you, and goes on the wrong path according to the answers you gave him, all those wrong things he does will be loaded on you too. It might just be that Allah would forgive him. He might forgive him for, “This person asked and is doing what he thinks is right.” He would load you with his sins. That is why this subject is very important. It is not acceptable to hide the truth that you know, if it is really the truth, and to tell something else for any reason. You need to say it if you know it. Say, “I do not know. Ask somebody else,” if you do not know. But it would have consequences for you, it would be a load on you, and you would be questioned for saying right about something known to be wrong. This is for matters of the hereafter. For matters of the world, a person might ask for directions, might ask about somebody, or might ask many things. You need to say if you know. If you do not know say, “I do not know.” At least, the person would not suffer for no reason. If you told the truth, they will say, “May Allah’s consent be with him/her (Allah razi olsun).” If you send them in the wrong direction, that time they will murmur behind you. Murmuring behind you is the minimum. They may go further and curse at you. Both he and you will have commited a sin. What does our Holy Prophet (SAW) say? “The one asked is trustworthy.” Meaning the person has to tell the truth. To say what one knows would be good for both that one and you. Do not depart from the truth. Do not depart from the right path. Nobody has more rights than Allah and
the Prophet (SAW). Do not be ashamed, and say the truth. Do not be afraid, and say the truth.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
68.MUSLIMS IN SPAIN Friday, April 10, 2015.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem,
Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habi Rasulillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al- Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
Alhamdulillah. Thank Allah we have completed a trip, went and came back safely. Our beloved (ahbab) and ikhwan (brothers and sisters), those forlorn, were very happy. That is a foreign place (ghurbat) and is the land of unbelief. It is really like that. There is no lenience of Islam there. We need to be thankful for our situation. We thank Allah a thousand times. Muslims reached the highest level in Spain at one point. Muslims here were like elementary school children compared to them. It is the wisdom of Allah though, whatever happened, Allah (JJ) took out Muslims from that land. Those who left got out, and those who did not suffered a lot. The tolerance of Islam does not exist at all there. During Ottoman times and other times, Christians, Jews and Muslims all lived side by side. They expelled Muslims there so the people went to the top of the mountains. They did not leave them alone there either. They strived until not even one was left. They kicked them all out of there. It is the wisdom of Allah. Of course there is a wisdome behind it. For sure. That was what was supposed to happen and it happened. That is why we need to be thankful to Allah that over in these areas, Allah bestowed his favor and raised Islam. Islam stayed here as the pure religion. The Ottomans protected Islam. It did not allow evil things, evil movements or influences to enter. Because it was pure, Islam was protected. This is what we predict. Truely great awliya came out of Andalus. They also left and came to these areas. To Sham (Damscus), Aleppo (Halab), Anatolia, and Baghdad. So some people with perverted ideas came out of
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my to Musa, alaihi salam. He turned some element into gold and wrote the Torah. Qarun was a poor man with children and he was a good person. He was praying day and night, fasting, worshipping, doing everything he could. Praying until morning and the children were nearly dying of hunger. Musa, alaihi salam felt upset at this as nothing seemed bad. He was truly a good person.
Musa, alaihi salam then thought as he was such a good man, his children should be in comfort. So he taught him alchemy. When Qarun learned it, he started making money. As the money increased, he forgot the main target, he fell for the tool. He forgot the target and ran after money. He collected so much money that it took 70 camels just to carry the keys of his treasures. He had one thousand guards with golden swords, a thousand men and a thousand women. His richness could not be imagined. He was the richest person of all times in this world. Since Allah created Adam, alaihi salam there has been no man richer than him.
Musa, alaihi salam told him to give zakat for his wealth. First he thought about it, then he decided it's not possible and told Musa, alaihi salam, he would give it, because if he said no, he would fall in the eyes of his nation. Allah Azza wa Jalla is showing something in Qur'an. Some people with a weak ego would wish they had been as rich as Qarun. Though Musa, alaihi salam spoke to Qarun, he objected, saying he had made everything from his science, collecting so much money. He said "Why should I give zakat?" Musa, alaihi salam was a majestic prophet, he became angry at Qarun.
Qarun realised that because he wouldn't give up he would make a trap to belittle Musa alaihi salam in front of people so that he may be released from the word he had given. He went to a prostitute and offered to pay her if she claimed that Musa alaihi salam had committed adultery with her. He gave her so much money that the woman agreed. She was doing everything for money anyway. Musa, alaihi salam, was giving a sohba, majestically making a khutba to his nation, telling them not to rob, not to kill, not to commit adultery etc. and that, there is big punishment for adultery. Qarun got up and asked if it applied to him as well. He said, "If I do it, I will be punished too". Qarun said, "There is
a woman here who claims you committed adultery with her. Stand up, woman, confess". Allah Azza wa Jalla certainly protects His Prophet. The woman got up and said, "This man paid me so much money so I may accuse you. He's lying. Musa, alaihi salam is clean. He didn't do anything. This is the liar". Musa, alaihi salam struck his stick from anger, and the earth split open taking half of the people down. He begged repentance but Musa alaihi salam didn't listen, in his majesty, he struck again. The earth swallowed him up with all his people.
All his money and wealth went under the ground as well. Sheikh Efendi said that it is still sinking. All his treasure is going deeper and deeper. Therefore, some people say they're looking for Qarun's treasure. There's nothing like this. They won't find it. This is a big example for people that this man could live million years with that treasure. But as we said, despite seeing so many miracles in his short life, he was defeated and destroyed by his ego. His money brought him no benefit.
There are thousands of stories like this. People listen but most of them don't take a lesson from it. Insha'Allah, may we be the ones who take a lesson in order to not forget our true target. The target is to reach Allah. You still live, rich or poor. Allah gives provisions to everyone. Nobody dies while his provision is appointed. If a man dies of hunger, then his rizq has finished, that much was written for him. He dies of hunger. And no one lives longer by eating more. One can die from overeating as well.
Allah Azza wa Jalla said to Musa, alaihi salam, "O Musa, this man asked for mercy from you and you didn't accept it. He asked 4 times. If he asked Me sincerely once, I would forgive him". There is big wisdom there. That person has forgotten Allah even in that position. Whether he was tricking for himself to be rescued, or something else, he forgot Allah. Even with a trick, Allah is merciful. He would accept and forgive. No one has the mercy Allah has. The Mercy of Allah is huge and endless. No matter how much you sin and make mistakes, Allah will forgive. It is good news. If Allah was merciful to the nation of Musa, alaihi salam, He could be a thousand times more to the nation of our Prophet. During ancient times, in times of Musa, alaihi salam, if
someone did wrong, Allah's anger would cover the whole village. Now if a whole village does wrong and one man does right, everyone will be forgiven and shown mercy for his honor. At least, blessings won't stop in this world. Therefore, we see Jewish people now, wherever they go, they stick to their religion, but ours, not so much. They treat it very carefully because then Allah had ordered so to Musa, alaihi salam and they follow him ever since.
However they're still forgetting the main thing that Musa, alaihi salam had said about our Prophet. They didn't accept him because he wasn't from them. They came up to Madina so that he would be one of them. Even then he didn't and they didn't accept. Of course, some accepted. But the main majority didn't accept. They had the greatest scholar Ka'ab al-Ahbar. When he became Muslim, he said "When they come to our Prophet, ask them about me, what kind of person I am. Then after they speak about me, tell them I became Muslim."
So they came to speak and the talk reached this Sahaba. When asked about him, they said he was one of their greatest scholars. His fathers and grandfathers were from very good people. They described him so well, then our Prophet said "You described him as a good man. If he believes in me, will you believe too?" They said it was impossible and started swearing at this man. They accept truth as they like. They don't accept the real truth. They have made a picture and they follow it. They follow their ego. It is a virtue to accept the truth. May Allah make us among those accepting the truth and truthfulness, insha’Allah. May Allah be pleased with you.
Wa min Allahi tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
62.DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY Thursday, March 19, 2015.
As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim. Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. As-salatu wa s-salamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidi l-awwalina wa l-akhirin. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi RasulAllah, madad ya Mashaykhina, dastur. Madad ya Mawlana Sheikh Abdullah Faiz Dagestani, madad ya Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani, dastur, madad.
Allah Azza wa Jalla wishes goodness for people but shaitan doesn't wish goodness, he wishes badness and evil for people. Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim. Bismillahi r-Rahmani r- Rahim: Qul bifadli Allahi wa birahmatihi fabidhalika falyafrahu huwa khayrun mimma yajmauna (10:58).
With the Grace and Mercy of Allah, Allah Azza wa Jalla says to rejoice, be reassured, this is better than everything you collected from possessions of dunya. Allah is ordering us to be reassured, to not be sad. Why are you being sad? Allah's Grace and Mercy are upon you. He brought you to this way therefore, no need to be sad. Be always happy, be joyful. Allah Azza wa Jalla has given the biggest favour. His Grace and Mercy are not meant to be given to everyone because who is brought to the right way has entered the right way by Allah's Grace. Then it is said in the same surah, in Surah Yunus: Ala inna awliya Allahi la khawfun alayhim wala hum yahzanuna (10:62). Alladhina amanu wakanu yattaquna (10:63).
Saints of Allah meaning, the beloved servants of Allah have neither fear, nor sadness. They have no sorrow. Why? Because they fear only Allah and they avoid badness. Such a person won't fear anything because he knows what to fear. There is a Day of Judgment, Day of Qiyama. There is facing Allah. If one has to face after doing badness then he will be afraid. But when he is as Allah says, he becomes of the beloved people of Allah, of saints. Not necessarily to show miracles or to manifest, just to do what Allah says and you'll be a beloved servant of Allah.
You will have deserved Allah's Mercy. You will be in comfort both in dunya and in akhira. Allah Azza wa Jalla does not say be sorrowful in dunya. Be happy, because you have the biggest favour. Whatever happens, despite trouble, poverty, famine or drought, Allah Azza wa Jalla says be happy, be reassured and do not be sad. His Grace and Mercy are upon you. When someone obeys this order of Allah, indeed he becomes relieved and nothing can affect him. Ninetynine percent of this world is sad. They are always in sorrow.
Allah Azza wa Jalla says to not fall into worry and sadness. Be relieved that you are on this way, be always in ease. He is giving the good news. Allah Azza wa Jalla, what is His order? What He wants? He wants people to be happy. He said He is Generous and His order, gift : Be happy.
Qul bifadli Allahi wa birahmatihi fabidhalika falyafrahu (10:58) Be happy with this. Don't be sad, don't be anxious, don't be in darkness. No, Allah He is showing people and ordering people to be happy. But how? Follow His order. When you follow His order, you'll be happy. And the other ayah also in this same, Surah Yunus: Ala inna awliya allahi la khawfun alayhim wa la hum yahzanuna (10:62) Alladhina amanu wa kanu yattaquna (10:63).
These awliyaullah, the beloved servants of Allah they don't have any fear and no sadness for them. Why? Because they're believers and they are afraid to do wrong things. Not afraid from Allah, afraid to do wrong thing. They are ashamed to do anything against Allah and they're afraid to be in wrong way. They don't have any sadness, any fear. This is Allah's order, it is a shortcut. Don't be sad He said. Don't be anxious for your life, for "how I can do this, how I can do that?" No need to be worried. Don't worry, be happy. This is order of Allah.
Only do what He is telling you. After this there will be no sadness in your heart because sadness, when you do wrong thing becoming one point of black, as you do another one, another point, until it will be all completely black and you'll be in dark mood, You see everything bad, you see everybody bad, and you'll feel yourself in prison. No, Allah showing us all best way to do.
Who is cheating people? Shaytan and his followers, they're cheating them and they're all the time worried, they're angry with people, angry with government, they're angry with religion, they're angry with family. This is shaytan teaching. Allah is not teaching this, Allah ordering to be good with everybody, and to be specially good with Allah and to follow His orders. And after this you will be happy.
Wa min Allahi at-tawfiq, Al Fatiha.
63.FOR NABIL Friday, March 20, 2015. As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Audhu Billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim.
Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. As-salatu wa s-salamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidi l-awwalina wa l-akhirin.
We have a word to say, a good one; all of us are creatures of Allah, we are under Allah's command. When He orders you to come, you will go. There is no other way. But before this order comes what's important is how you live. How happy is our brother Nabil that he left everything, came to Sheikh Efendi and served for 15 years. He gave such service that there was no tiredness. Whatever the pain, he served with love and joy. This is important. He did it for Allah. He left dunya although his father sent him to America and other places in order to follow dunya, become a big man. They sent him here and there to become an engineer, an architect. But Allah favoured this servant. He did what none of us could do. He served Sheikh Efendi 24 hours, without leaving his side. Many people say: qurb-u sultan nar-i suzan. Standing near Sultan is like burning in fire. The closer you are, the more difficult and painful it is. Don't think that this man enjoyed himself here. He tolerated everything. We're witnesses, indeed. He had good manners and was patient against all the pain.
He even went to people who did wrong, persuading them, saying, "What's your problem? We are brothers, we shouldn't be like this". Nevertheless, the closer to Sultan, the more difficult it is. And it is a habit among brothers. Not only in our tariqa, in all tariqas, there is jealousy. Adding this too, 15 years he just saw this light and taste and didn't care about anything. Last night, he passed away, on Juma night right at tahajjud time. He passed away at the best time. He is buried in the best place after Juma prayer. Thousands of people made his janaza and wished him Mercy from Allah. There can't be anything better and greater than this.
Therefore, it is not important whether we are young or old. Important is that we have a good ending. If you live 1,000 or 50 years your ending should be good, it's useless even if you live 1,000 years and your end is bad. Live 50 years, be a beloved servant of Allah. They will meet you there. Your Sultan will meet you. This is the best thing. Sultan didn't
leave him, he took him by his side. May Allah increase his maqam and show him mercy. He was our brother for eternity. Insha'Allah, this separation is not forever. We will meet again with Allah's permission in Paradise, insha'Allah all together.
May Allah give long life to all of you, insha'Allah. This is a good example, think about it. Same thing is said in ayat, every ego will die. There is no person who won't die. Everybody will die and taste death, dhaiqatu l-mawt. Everyone will taste death but the most important thing is that the life of this world is entertainment. Who gains his afterlife gains a lot. Allah Azza wa Jalla says it is the biggest benefit. As long as he took it. May Allah give patience to his family. His mother must be a good woman to have raised such a person. May Allah give patience to that lady. May her reward be high insha'Allah.
Talking good about the deceased brings sawab. Our Prophet forbade speaking bad about the deceased. Who doesn't carry out the order of our Prophet commits a sin. Therefore, shukr to Allah, today we make both good witnessing and Juma. And our Prophet in the hadith says: who passes away on Juma goes without being questioned. Same with the one buried on Juma. He died on Friday and we are his witnesses, as we were together in our last trip. We were always together. He prayed 5 times and night prayers and was a perfect mumin, Muslim. May he rest in peace.
Today we are sad but what we will do? It is order of Allah. Allah says, we are belonging to Him, we are not belonging to us. And He is Creator and He do what He likes to do. You cannot say "no, I don't like what You do." No, Allah says when He wants you to come back from where He sent you, He take you. He is not looking for old, for young, for beautiful, for ugly, no. Only say, ayatu l-karima: inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji`una (2:156). This is a very good summary for our life. But we forget this. Only when somebody dies, we remember, "Oh, he went." No, we are believers and we are accepting. We are accepting this we are not objecting for what Allah wants. Only we are, "aslim taslam". Only, we accept. We cannot do anything else. Alhamdulillah, our brother Nabil, he was the end of his life, 15 years or before also, he was good,
but the last 15 years he was with Mawlana. Day and night, he is in his service, he is helping and he left everything from this dunya, this world.
He was, Alhamdulillah good educated in America and high architect. But he left everything, only here. The best of his life he said, it is here, but of course when you are near Sultan, it is not easy. Because near Sultan "nar-i suzan" they say, meaning, it is like fire. As you are coming near him, he burn you. Many people they cannot carry this. Many of them they left, many of them they're not doing good things. But he was patient for everything, and only what he taste, the sweetness of being with awliya' Allah, with saints, with inheritor of Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam and nothing affect him.
64.NIGHT’S DARKEST TIME Monday, March 23, 2015. As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Audhu Billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim. Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. As-salatu wa s-salamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidi l-awwalina
wa l-akhirin. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi RasulAllah, madad ya Mashayikhina, Mawlana Sheikh Abdullah Daghestani, Mawlana Sheikh Nazim al-Haqqani, dastur. Tariqatuna as-sohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyyah.
Allah Azza wa Jalla is managing us as He wishes. With His power, He can take and bring you wherever He wants even though you don't want it. Unexpected things can happen. Allah is Qadir. Qadir is Possessor of Power. And we, human beings are weak servants. We can't do anything. May Allah direct us to a right way. May He make us meet good people. At an unexpected time we went to the country of deceased Nabil Efendi. Egypt is a holy place. He wanted to take us there very much during his life, but he couldn't. It happened at his death. May Allah increase his maqam insha'Allah. As in dunya, he will be next to his Sheikh in akhira with Allah's permission. That holy place was praised by our Prophet: Fustat al-Mu'mineen.
There are big maqams there. The biggest maqam, Husain Efendi Hz's holy grave is over there. Maqam of our mother Zainab is also there. Many Sahaba are there; there are probably thousands of Sahaba. Then, many awliya and saints are there. They are guardians of that place now, just as they were during their lives. They say people became Wahabi or Salafi there, but as we always say, they are not many in number. They just make a lot of noise with their voices and because of the noise they appear more. After going there and seeing it with our own eyes, it's not possible to say these people are Wahabi and Salafi, they don't like tariqa and our Prophet. It's impossible. They are the guardians of that place. They are the guardians of all the Islamic world. Therefore, the first place shaitan and his followers bother with are the maqams and graves. Wherever there are graves, they destroy them. It's shaitan's soldiers who do this. Soldiers of Allah won't do that. Even here in Cyprus. They say it's not a place for Muslims, not a place for the Turkish, but Greeks and unbelievers didn't destroy our graves. Who destroys is a soldier of shaitan, who follows shaitan here. All Muslim graveyards, all places of the shaheed have title deeds. They destroyed them and left nothing. In Limassol, they built a park and casino right in front of us. They destroyed them in Magusa
and built a school and toilets on them. Beside the embassy in Lefkosa there was a cemetery as well. You can't find a stone there now. Not a stone was left, which was there for 400, 500 years and belonged to your ancestors, which is your title deed.
These Salafi people have the same mentality as the other ones. And the other ones are the same mentality, without religion and faith, who did this. You can't touch the grave of a Muslim. His body is same after death, as when alive. You cannot disrespect them. You should respect his bones, the earth and everything. What we see here suggests shaitan is modifying his soldiers, he is upgrading them. He is advancing with time so that more people are deceived. Same thing. Shukr to Allah, these awliya. They can destroy as many of their graves as they like, in the end Allah will avenge them against this shaitan and his soldiers. Therefore, these things we see are a good tiding for us. Don't fear. People are getting worried but no need to explain to everyone. Who does so is the non-Muslim soldier of shaitan. And the awliya are striking against them with the permission of Allah. Haqq will appear at last. All of them will be cleaned out by Mahdi alaihi salam, with Allah's permission. It is close. The darker the night gets, the closer the dawn. And now, the world's condition is such that the whole world is against Muslims. Especially, they are attacking ahl al-sunnah wa l-jama’a who are on the right way. Let them. The more they do, the closer it is, this help of Allah.
Two days we were in Egypt, because marhum Nabil, he like to take us, when he was in life, too much to Egypt. Also by his will, I think, we went there. This is Allah, He is doing everything, you don't know what will happen tomorrow. We are never thinking to go very near, maybe later, but it was some breaths we must breathe there, to meet people there, to eat to drink. All it was written by Allah. So, Alhamdulillah, we went and we saw this holy country, Egypt, Cairo. It is holy because of what? The land becomes holy with holy people. Without holy people it is nothing, but with holy people, because Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he was praising this area, but it is coming holy with these people. Especially the grandson of Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam, Sayyidina Hussain and also Sayyidatina Zainab, Nafisa al Tahira, and Imam Shafi' and Azhar Sharif. Thousands
of maqam in this city and it is baraka for people. Baraka and the guard for Islam, for real Islam.
Ahl as-sunnah wa-l jama'a, they were hearing from here, "there is trouble, these people are not doing good". Alhamdulillah nothing. And we were hearing for Salafi and Wahabi, I cannot believe they can be many people from these. They are a very few people but they are making big noise and disturbing people. And people thought they are too many people. No, it is not like this because baraka of these awliya, and Sahaba and Sayyidina al Hussain cannot allow for these people to be more because from more than thousand years, since 1,400 years and more, from first of Islam, they come to Egypt. They're continuing respecting for Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, his family and his Sahaba, his companions. And for awliya, for tariqa, they are like this since beginning of Islam
So now when these people are coming. They try to do something, but Alhamdulillah, they are not succeeding. And first thing for these people is why they are enemy for grave of awliya and Sahaba? Because they are soldiers of shaytan. First thing soldiers of shaytan are doing, they destroy these. You must respect body of Muslim after his death also. You cannot take and throw away. Even bone, you must put with respect in some place. This is order of Allah and Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam saying this in hadith. But these people are soldiers of shaytan.
And it was now soldiers of shaytan, his thinking to do, every time changing his soldiers. Before they were like communists, his soldiers they were destroying maqams and graves. Even here in Cyprus, shaytan’s soldiers were destroying all the graves of Ottomans, their ancestors. And in Limassol, when we were sitting in the house, there was one cemetery in front of us, they destroyed it and made it casino, park. And you see in Qutub Uthman, it was all a cemetery. And all big, big stone of Ottoman with turban, and writing in Ottoman. This is from 300 years, 200 years. It is like paper (title deeds) for you are here. And in Nicosia this big area for Embassy of Turkey and all this around it was huge cemetery. They are destroying this before 50 years, in time of, before Turkish coming, and who they are doing this? Not Greeks,
this is Turks of, like secular. They were soldiers of shaytan. Secular after communists. After, now Salafi they are doing this. And they're all not good people and in the end they'll be the losers. But Allah He is the winner and Muslim, mu'min they will win in the end. Now really, all world is against real Islam, and they are accusing them for things they are not doing and they are trying to finish them. But no, Alhamdulillah it must be like this for Sayyidina al Mahdi to come. Because when it's night's darkest time, it is the nearest time for daylight. When it was very dark, after quickly coming light. It will be like this insha'Allah. We are not worried, and we are believer, and we are respecting awliya, and we loving them and we love Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam his family, Ahl al Bayt and all Sahaba, insha'Allah. Allah, keep us in safe until Mahdi (as).
Wa min Allahi at-tawfiq, Al Fatiha.
65.HADITH LESSONS Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem, Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim Assalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Sayyidul Awwalin Walakhirin
Madad Ya Rasulullah, Mada Ya Ashab-e Rasulullah Madad Ya Mashayikihina, Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani. Dastur. Qala Rasulullah (SAW), Our Holy Prophet states in a Hadith Sharif: THE DAJJAL “The Dajjal will reach a community like you or better than you. Allah will never disgrace a Nation (Ummat) whose beginning is with me and whose end is with Isa (Jesus) son of Maryam (Mary).” The Dajjal will tour the whole world. The greatest discord (fitna) to hit Muslims is the discrod of the Dajjal. However, our Master (SAW) gives us glad tidings: a Nation whose beginning is with our Holy Prophet (SAW) and whose end is with Isa Alayhis Salam will never be disgraced, and no harm will come to it Allah willing. Isa Alayhis Salam will descend from heaven and he will reign. The days we are living now are very bad days. These are days opposed to Islam. But those who are following our Holy Prophet (SAW) are always in safety and are not in loss. Those who are in loss are the Dajjal or those following Shaitan.
GOING BACK TO ALLAH “You should recite the verse of ‘Going Back to Allah’ in everything (Inna Lillah wa Inna Ilayhi Rajiun.” We are Allah’s servants. Allah is our owner and we will return to Him. This applies to every calamity and everything. So it is alright, good to say this. Because we do not have control. Everything is in the hands of Allah. “Even in the case of a shoelace. Becasue this is also considered a pain.” It can be said even if the shoelace breaks. We are the servants of Allah and we do not have control. THE TRUE BELIEVER “The person who is full while one’s neighbour is hungry is not a true Believer (Mumin).” So the subject is the need to help your neighbour. In the past, there were places to spend the night while travelling where those in need would go [an Inn]. Now, the rich live in separate places and the poor cannot enter.
BLINDED FORESIGHT “The blind is not the one whose eye is blind, but the true blind is the one whose foresight (eye of the heart) is blind.” Blindness is a calamity of Allah. But there are such blind people who are pious. They are memorizers of Koran (Hafiz) and are committed to their religion. Yet those whose eyes are open but cannot see the truth, they are the blind. They are those whose eye of the heart is blind. THE TRUE BELIEVER “A Believer (Mumin) can never be a backbiter, one who damns, an immoral, or a foulmouth.” So a Mumin has good attributes. He is one who gets along with everybody. Even if he is harmed, he does not yell and scream, and does not damn. No matter how right you might be, it is not good to utter damning words. To avoid damning even the Shaitan, Shaykh Mawlana used to say, “May Allah give him what he deserves.” He used to say so to avoid damning even Shaitan. That is why a Mumin, a true Mumin, is gentle and good-tempered, and has good manners. He is not unmannered and does not utter fowl words. BENEVOLENCE AND VIRTUE “Benevolence and virtue is not in dressing well but in tranquility and dignity.” Some people dress well to impress and show off. Their external look might be good but you look inside and it is empty. Meaning they are worthless people. What is important is people’s inside and essence. Even if the clothes on a person are not good, a person can be dignified with one’s essence, not with one’s clothes. SPEAKING WELL “Speaking well is not through talking a lot.” Some people talk for hours. People are tired of their talk. They finally say, ‘That is enough!’ as they are fed up. “It is through distinguishing matters of what Allah and His Prophet loves.” So even if the person talks for a short time, it is better to explain things Allah loves and the Prophet loves, and keep it in people’s minds. “Incapacity of the tongue is not an incapacity. Real incapacity is not knowing the Truth.” It is not considered a big deal for a person to have difficulty speaking. But a person not recognizing Truth can talk well as much as they want. They are the real incapable ones as long as they do not recognize Truth.
JIHAD “Jihad is not through swinging a sword in the way of Allah.” Now, they claim Jihad and do irrelevant things. Jihad has its conditions. You cannot start going around here and there to kill people so you can make Jihad according to your own head. You have no right to inflict harm and loss. “True Jihad is realized through looking after your parents and your children, as such a person is considered in a Jihad.” Jihad is trying to make a lawful living, raising good people, and getting the blessing of the parents. Our Holy Prophet (SAW) says this is also considered Jihad. Now, many people deceive the young claiming Jihad. They do not understand a Jihad other than war. The order to wage Jihad came to our Holy Prophet 15 or 13 years later. This has its conditions too. You cannot do it according to your own head. “A person working to earn their living is also considered in Jihad.” The person who meets their own needs without begging for money from others is also considered in Jihad. GUIDANCE AND UNDERSTANDING “The Koran is not learnt by reciting and knowledge is not learnt by relating. Actually, the Koran is learnt through guidance and knowledge is learnt through understanding.” There are many who can recite and recite well. But if you look at their actions, they do completely irrelevant things. Speaking of knowledge, Mashallah there are many professors, doctors, and scholars. But knowledge is also through guidance and understanding (diraya). If Allah makes people come to guidance through verses of the Koran, then they will have given the Koran its due right. What is meant by diraya is knowledge that comes from the heart with understanding.
LA ILAHA ILLALLAH “Those who say, ‘La Ilaha Illallah,’ will never face loneliness in their graves, during resurrection, and during dispersion.” We place the person in the grave. We feel sad thinking we left them alone. No, it is not so. Our Holy Prophet (SAW) gives glad tidings: Those who say, ‘La Ilaha Illallah,’ are not alone. “It is as if I am seeing those who say, ‘La Ilaha Illallah.’” Of course our Holy Prophet (SAW) sees. “They have come out of their graves, shaking the dirt from their heads saying, ‘Praise belongs to Allah who has gotten rid of surrow from us.’” They
are praising Allah for standing without surrow as if nothing has happened. LA ILAHA ILLALLAH “Those who say, ‘La Ilaha Illallah,’ will not suffer loneliness in their graves.” Many people are scared thinking, “I will be left in the dark in the grave. I can do this and that. I will be left alone.” Our Holy Prophet (SAW) gives glad tidings that they will not experience difficulty and will not be lonely. “It is as if I am watching them. The earth is split, they are saying, ‘La Ilaha Illallah,’ and people are in darkness.” Other people are in darkness, surrow, and suffering, but they are rising saying , ‘La Ilaha Illallah.’
TRUE RICHNESS “Richness is not with richness of posessions, it is with richness of the heart (generosity).” You see many rich who run after posessions more than poor people, and who commit shamelessness more than shameless people. Their hearts are not rich. Their hearts are poor. The rich at heart do not condescend to anybody even if they have no money. They are the truely rich.
ZAKAT “Zakat does not apply to a Muslim’s slaves and horses.” They give zakat when they have other posessions. There was slavery in the past and it is no more now. But if they have horses, zakat does not apply to them.
THE TRUE DESTITUTE “The poor person is not the one you turn back with one or two morsels of food. The real poor is the one who is in need but is unable to ask
people with persistence.” It says
the in miskin) (taamil طَ´ ´َﺎ¸ﻟا ْﻜِ¸ْﻜ ۪ﻦﯿ '
Koran. The poor person is the one who does not ask even though they are in need. The others who ask are not considered poor. The meaning used in Turkish is the useless and lazy person. But the miskin used in the Hadith are Allah’s beloved servants. THE TRUE DESTITUTE “The poor person is not the one who tours people and turns away with
a bite or two, or one or two dates. The true poor is the person who cannot find, and is incapable of finding a solution so they may be given charity.” Meaning they do not want to expose themselves as poor. It does not even cross their mind. “They cannot start begging people.” They cannot reconcile it with their honor. The others are not the poor. Giving to these is actually a great virture. They need to be found and given charity.
THE TRULY STRONG “The person who overcomes others is not the strong.” Meaning they are not strong and powerful. A person who beats everybody is not considered a a strapping person. “The truly strong is the person who overcomes his ego when he gets mad.” The person who can control his ego and can control his anger: He is the true hero and the truly strapping. THE SUPERIOR PERSON “There is none higher in the sight of Allah than the Believer (Mumin) who spends their entire life in Islam saying, ‘Allahu Akbar, Alhamdulillah, Subhanallah, and La Ilaha Illallah.’” So it is useless if one lives a long life without accomplishing anything. But even if you live long like this, do not wish for death. Let us spend continuously in this way with takbirs, tahlils, and tasbihs until our last breath. May we become a beloved servant and a superior servant next to Allah, Inshallah.
TO BE AMAZED AT “It is not amazing for those who see me to believe.” It is not strange for those who see our Holy Prophet’s (SAW) holy light (nur) and believe. Those who saw him and did not believe in him have not seen his reality. Abu Jahls and Abu Lahabs have not seen his reality. That is why they did not believe. “It is to be amazed at people who see papers and...” What is meant by papers is the Holy Koran. “... believe in it from start to end without doubt and hesitation.” Meaning people who come after the Companions (Sahaba). Our Holy Prophet is praising them.
THE THRONE VERSE (AYAT AL-KURSI)
“Nothing daunts wild Jinns more than these verses (ayats) in Sura Baqara (The Cow).” There are bad jinns, and they bother people. “Two verses following, ‘Wa Ilahukum Ilahun Wahid.’” This verse and the one that follows.
THE FRAGRANCE OF A BELIEVER “There is nothing more pleasent than the fragrance of a Believer (Mumin). Their fragrance is even in the skies. Their fragrance is their works and the praise bestowed on them. Meaning the more works a Mumins has, the better fragrance they have. THE TONGUE “There is no organ that will be punished as harshly as the tongue.” So the organ that will suffer the most torment among the organs of mankind is the tongue. “The tongue will say, ‘O my Lord! You have inflicted a punishment on me that you have not inflicted on the body.’ Allah Taala will reply, ‘A word came out of you that reached East and West and caused blood to spill.’” Thousands and millions can be killed with one word of the tongure. Turmoil, discord and all of the kind is caused. That is why the tongue suffers the most punishment. “By My glory!” Allah Azza wa Jalla swears. “I will punish you with punishment I have not given to any other organ.” Everybody should watch their tongue, and should watch what they say. Do not lie, and do not cause discord. The tongue is the most dangerous organ.
EACH NEW DAY “There is not a single day that comes upon the son of Adam that a caller does not call...” When a new day comes about, Allah calls upon a caller. We cannot hear it, but the caller says it with the tongue of actions: “‘O son of Adam! I am a new creature.’” The day is also a creature. Allah creates days everyday. Some people think Allah (JJ) only creates the rock, the dirt, the animal, and the man. It is not so. Allah creates everything. Time is a creature, and the day is a creature. It says that day, “‘I am a new creature. I will be a witness over you tomorrow.’” So it says it will be a witness on the Day of Jugdment. It will be a witness to whatever you did today. “‘Do good today so I may be a witness for you tomorrow.’” Meaning it will be a witness for today. “‘If I pass by, you will never see me again.’” It will have passed.
How can you come by it?
“‘The night also says likewise.’” The day says so and the night says so. There is no way to find a second one to change your day. THE BEST AMONGST YOU “The best amongst you is not the one who leaves their world for their hereafter, nor the one who leaves their hereafter for their world. It is they who take the best of both worlds.” So do not completely leave the world and only work for the hereafter. You might leave the world for the hereafter, but do not leave the hereafter for the world. You need to handle both equally. “Because the world is what conveys the person to the hereafter and earns it. Do not be a burden on people.” If you do not work for the world, then you will be a burden on people. That is not good either. That is why our Holy Prophet (SAW) tells us to do both.
HADRAT YAHYA (JOHN THE BAPTIST) (AS) “There is none from the sons of Adam who has not made a mistake or made intention for it.” So however many sons of Adam there are, they have all made mistakes or made intention to do so (excluding our Holy Prophet). “Except for Yahya son of Zakariya.” He has not made a mistake.
ZIKIR “The people of paradise will not be sorry for anything except for times spent without the remembrance (zikr) of Allah.” There is no regret after entering paradise. They will not wish they had done more work, or done this or that. They will not do any of that. If they spent an hour without remembering Allah, they will wish they had not done so.
CALAMITY “A Believer (Mumin) is not complete in Iman (faith) unless they count calamity as a favor and comfort as a calamity.” Meaning they are not considered people of faith. You need to regard calamity as a favor and abundance as a calamity. Comfort certainly follows calamity: ˝ اﻜﺮ˚ِ usri ma’al Inna yusra. usri ma’al inna Fa ﻓ ﻟ´ ¸ ﻣ ن ﺎ´َ´ا ْ¸ﺮﻜِ˚َﻜ ِ˚اﻜﺮ ا˝ ﻣ ن ﺎ´َ´ا ْ¸ﺮﻜِ˚َﻜ yusra. (Sura Inshirah (Solace): 5-6) It syas in the Koran that kindness
and relief certainly comes after distress. “They asked, ‘How is this so O Prophet of Allah?!’ “Calamity definately follows prosperity and comfort.” People also forget Allah when they are too comfortable. Calamity comes for this reason too. This is the wisdom behind what our Holy Prophet (SAW) says. “Except for their state in prayer (namaz), a Mumin who is not in grief is not considered to have attained complete faith.” “‘Why O Prophet of Allah?’ they asked. “Because the person who is in prayer is in fervent prayer to their Lord. While the person who is outside of prayer only chats with the son of Adam.” Meaning people are in constant grief outside of prayer. But because they are with Allah in prayer, they are in comfort and not in surrow and grief.
Sadaqa Rasulullah fi ma qal, aw kama qal. For the souls of Haji Mustafa Turabi and our late Nabil Efendi, and for the souls of all of our ancestors:
Al-Fatiha.
66.DO NOT DO THINGS ACCORDING TO YOUR EGO Tuesday, March 24, 2015.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin wal Akhirin,
Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habi Rasulillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al- Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
A person, a Muslim should be as Allah and our Holy Prophet wants. People think it is good to do things according to their own head. They will have done harm trying to do good. Shaykh Efendi used to say, “Sometimes an offering is worse than a beating.” You are doing harm when trying to do good. That is why, look when doing something. Does it fit the orders of Allah? Does it fit the orders of our Holy Prophet? If you cannot think of that, you should look, “I wonder if this fits or does not fit into our customs?” Customs work. This nation has lived upon Islam for hundreds of years anyway. Most of our customs fit Islam. What is important is to fit those when we do something. There is no need to come up with ever new works and do unnecessary things on your own. If everybody came up with something new according to their head, it would be cahos all around, it would be utter disorder, and it would not be of good benefit. That is why you need to act, not according to your ego, but according to Allah. May Allah not deviate us from the right way. Life is short anyhow. If you do not do your deeds according to Islam, their response in the hereafter would be empty. Even if you do not intend something bad, nothing would come out of it in response. Meaning even if a sin is not written, it does not benefit a person. There are many people who try to stand out and be recognised by doing such things, but there is no need. Follow our customs, the orders of Allah, and the orders of our Holy Prophet.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
67.SAY THE TRUTH Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina
Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habi Rasulillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al- Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
Our Holy Prophet states: “The person who is asked a question is obliged to say the truth.” You need to tell the truth when asked a question. You need to say whatever the truth is, whatever Allah ordered, and whatever the Prophet (SAW) ordered. You need to tell the truth if you know the answer to what the person is inquiring about. [If] the man has asked you, he trusts you and wants the right way. You should tell him the truth. You should not avoid telling him for a certain benefit or because you are ashamed of somebody. You are responsible for it and you will be questioned about the answer. If the person asking you the question believes you, trusts you, and goes on the wrong path according to the answers you gave him, all those wrong things he does will be loaded on you too. It might just be that Allah would forgive him. He might forgive him for, “This person asked and is doing what he thinks is right.” He would load you with his sins. That is why this subject is very important. It is not acceptable to hide the truth that you know, if it is really the truth, and to tell something else for any reason. You need to say it if you know it. Say, “I do not know. Ask somebody else,” if you do not know. But it would have consequences for you, it would be a load on you, and you would be questioned for saying right about something known to be wrong. This is for matters of the hereafter. For matters of the world, a person might ask for directions, might ask about somebody, or might ask many things. You need to say if you know. If you do not know say, “I do not know.” At least, the person would not suffer for no reason. If you told the truth, they will say, “May Allah’s consent be with him/her (Allah razi olsun).” If you send them in the wrong direction, that time they will murmur behind you. Murmuring behind you is the minimum. They may go further and curse at you. Both he and you will have commited a sin. What does our Holy Prophet (SAW) say? “The one asked is trustworthy.” Meaning the person has to tell the truth. To say what one knows would be good for both that one and you. Do not depart from the truth. Do not depart from the right path. Nobody has more rights than Allah and
the Prophet (SAW). Do not be ashamed, and say the truth. Do not be afraid, and say the truth.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
68.MUSLIMS IN SPAIN Friday, April 10, 2015.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem,
Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habi Rasulillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al- Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
Alhamdulillah. Thank Allah we have completed a trip, went and came back safely. Our beloved (ahbab) and ikhwan (brothers and sisters), those forlorn, were very happy. That is a foreign place (ghurbat) and is the land of unbelief. It is really like that. There is no lenience of Islam there. We need to be thankful for our situation. We thank Allah a thousand times. Muslims reached the highest level in Spain at one point. Muslims here were like elementary school children compared to them. It is the wisdom of Allah though, whatever happened, Allah (JJ) took out Muslims from that land. Those who left got out, and those who did not suffered a lot. The tolerance of Islam does not exist at all there. During Ottoman times and other times, Christians, Jews and Muslims all lived side by side. They expelled Muslims there so the people went to the top of the mountains. They did not leave them alone there either. They strived until not even one was left. They kicked them all out of there. It is the wisdom of Allah. Of course there is a wisdome behind it. For sure. That was what was supposed to happen and it happened. That is why we need to be thankful to Allah that over in these areas, Allah bestowed his favor and raised Islam. Islam stayed here as the pure religion. The Ottomans protected Islam. It did not allow evil things, evil movements or influences to enter. Because it was pure, Islam was protected. This is what we predict. Truely great awliya came out of Andalus. They also left and came to these areas. To Sham (Damscus), Aleppo (Halab), Anatolia, and Baghdad. So some people with perverted ideas came out of
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